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Table 6 Hierarchical linear regression results for instructional practice variables predicting reading performance for the 10 top performing regions in PISA 2018 (The Asian Regions; N = 35,196)

From: Instructional practices and students’ reading performance: a comparative study of 10 top performing regions in PISA 2018

Outcome variable

Overall reading performance

B-S-J-Z (China) (N = 12,058)

Singapore (N = 6676)

Macao (N = 3775)

Hong Kong (N = 6037)

Korea (N = 6650)

Total (N = 35,196)

Independent variables

Step 1

Step 2

Step 1

Step 2

Step 1

Step 2

Step 1

Step 2

Step 1

Step 2

Step 1

Step 2

Step 1. Demographics

 GENDER

 − .08

 − .05

 − .08

 − .06

 − .11

 − .10

 − .14

 − .13

 − .09

 − .06

 − .09

 − .08

 ESCS

.39

.36

.38

.36

.12

.12

.19

.19

.28

.27

.28

.26

Step 2. Instructional Variables

 TEACHSUP

 

.03

 

.03

 

.05

 

.02

 

.12

 

.08

 DIRINS

 

 − .16

 

 − .21

 

 − .01

 

 − .08

 

 − .04

 

 − .13

 PERFEED

 

 − .12

 

.01

 

 − .08

 

 − .08

 

 − .21

 

 − .09

 ADAPTIVITY

 

.05

 

.08

 

 − .05

 

.03

 

.11

 

.04

 STIMREAD

 

.18

 

.09

 

.14

 

.10

 

.00

 

.15

 TEACHINT

 

.05

 

.02

 

.01

 

.07

 

.13

 

.03

R2

.166

.208

.159

.193

.030

.051

.065

.084

.091

.140

.093

.124

ΔR2

.166

.042

.159

.034

.030

.021

.065

.019

.091

.049

.093

.031

F

1182.92

391.98

621.92

196.55

58.78

25.01

199.58

65.86

327.83

132.55

1782.34

614.39

df1

2

6

2

6

2

6

2

8

2

6

2

8

df2

11,927

11,921

6584

6578

3743

3737

5773

5767

6543

6537

34,582

34,576

p value

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

  1. Standardized coefficients (β) were reported. All paths are statistically significant at the p < .001 level